JK Looking At Housing Hajis at Central Place in Makkah: Govt.

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 28: Minister for Hajj and Auqaf, Mr Abdul Rehman Veeri today said efforts would be made to accommodate all the Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir in one cluster at a centrally located place near Haram Sharief during the next Hajj.
The State Hajj Committee would take up the matter with the Central Hajj Committee and concerned Union Ministries so that in future the Hajj pilgrims of Jammu and Kashmir dont face any inconvenience on account of accommodation, the Minister said and added that other issues like catering, accommodation at Madina Munawarrah, standardized luggage, train service for performing Hajj besides timely issuance of mobile SIM cards will also be discussed with the Government of India to avoid any inconvenience to JKs Hajj pilgrims in future.
This was stated by the Minister while reviewing the post-Hajj arrangements and the arrangements to be made by the State and Central Hajj Committees at Saudi Arabia and at Srinagar during Hajj 2016.
State Government would request the Hajj Committee of India to accommodate JKs pilgrims in a cluster of hotels at one place from next year, enabling the administration to take collective care of the Hajis, the Minister said.
Commissioner Secretary, Revenue, Mohammad Afzal Bhat, Executive Officer State Hajj Committee, Executive Officer Auqaf, Hajj officer SHC, Hajj Observers and Khadim-ul-Hujaj attended the meeting.
Receiving the detailed brief from the Secretary about the facilities provided by Saudi government to the Hajjis during Hajj-2015, the Minister asked the Executive Officer SHC to formulate a comprehensive memo of the problems faced by the Hajjis during Hajj-2015 for discussion and appropriate follow up action.

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